Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of J. Curtis Dixon, 1967
Creator: | Dixon, J. Curtis 1894-1975 | Project: | Rockefeller Foundation oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEducator
Scope and ContentsFamily background, early schooling; Mercer and Columbia Universities; World War I; career as teacher, principal, businessman, school superintendent in Richland, Georgia; State Supervisor of School Administration and Finance; county schools survey; State agent for Negro schools; graduate work, Teachers College; General Education Board; Rosenwald Fund; rural education conferences; Jeanes teachers; Vice Chancellor, University of Georgia, 1940-1942; Vice President, Mercer University, 1942-1946; Southern Education Foundation, 1945-1965: moving headquarters to Atlanta, staff, financing, programs, travel, charter; analysis of Negro educational institutions; training for principals; effect of 1954 desegregation decision
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